The Dain Curse
Hammett, Dashiell
| Autor: | Hammett, Dashiell |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Fiction - Mystery / Detective |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.09.2025 |
| EAN: | 9798880925612 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 186 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Start Publishing Pd |
Produktinformationen "The Dain Curse"
With the Scarpetta Cast drawing millions into forensic crime drama on Prime Video, there's never been a better time to reach back to the hard-boiled original that helped define investigative fiction. Dashiell Hammett's The Dain Curse sends his nameless Continental Op detective into a case that opens as a routine diamond theft - then spirals into murder, occult rituals, addiction, and a family curse that contaminates every lead. Set across a shadowy San Francisco Bay Area of the late 1920s, the investigation threads through secret societies, staged séances, and layered deceptions, each revelation reframing everything that came before. Hammett's prose is lean and relentless, and the Op's cynical, no-nonsense voice cuts through corruption and moral ambiguity with the same unflinching clarity that today's best procedural thrillers aspire to. If you've been gripped by stories where buried family legacies drive the crime and the detective refuses to look away, this is where that tradition began.
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